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ILEX (AQUIFOLIACEAE) AQUIFOLIUM
Ilex aquifolium, dioecious tree or shrub up to 10 m high, has pyramidal crown, smooth gray bark and branches greenish, glossy dark green foliage more or less lobed and prickly, decorative, with variegated varieties of white, cream or yellow fruits and that offer a decorative contrast with the color of the leaves, which are alternate or scattered, oval or elliptical, leathery, persistent, spiny margin in the lower branches of young plants, in whole adult plants, small flowers gathered in axillary bundles make it a lighthouse exuberance even in the cold winter days.